Crysis 2 racks up three million sales

By Fred Dutton Published 26 July, 2011

Dead Space 2, Dragon Age II pass 2m.

FPS sequel Crysis 2 has now sold in three million copies worldwide, publisher EA has announced.

Portal 2, Dead Space 2 and Dragon Age II, meanwhile, have all broken the two million mark, while FIFA 11 nears 15 million units and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 nine million.

The numbers come from EA's fiscal Q1 earnings report, which saw the publisher log non-GAAP net revenue of $524 million, down slightly from $539 million this time last year. Digital revenue was picked out as a highlight though, increasing 11 per cent to $209 million.

"This was another solid quarter driven by both digital and packaged goods," commented CEO John Riccitiello.

"We saw strong digital revenue growth over the prior year. On packaged goods, NCAA is off to a great start and pre-orders for Battlefield 3 are tracking extremely well."

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Comments (27) Latest comment 10 months ago

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  • Shwing #1 10 months ago

    Well done Battlefield Bad Company 2!!
    Deserves all the sales / praise it gets - top game.

  • CaptainQuint #2 10 months ago

    Crysis 2 was a very good, albeit very flawed game. However, I cannot congratulate Crytek since I think they are complete c*nts in the after care sales department. The worst I've encountered.

  • God_Octo #3 10 months ago

    I expected Portal 2 to sell a few more copies. Then again, I expect the majority were sold on Steam though.

  • gooner77 #4 10 months ago

    Happy to see dead space 2 get some love. As for dragon age 2......... Not so much

  • HyperTails #5 10 months ago

    Glad that Dragon Age 2 has past 2 million, brilliant game, but I think it deserves to be higher. Higher than Crysis 2, certainly.

    Oh, and I agree CaptainQuint, Crytek's communication is absolutely appalling. Can't believe you were negged down by some fanboy +1

  • higgins78 #6 10 months ago

    I see the public love being spoon-fed sequel after sequel. Dead Space and Portal were both good games (nothing more), their sequels less so. Crysis 2 deserves to fall into obscurity which I'm sure in the near future when people are looking back on this generations "killer" games it will, numbers at that point count for very little! I mean, how many copies/games did Super Mario Galaxies sell? Canvas Curse is both innovative, fun AND packed full of playability...who cares? Certainly not the FPS "hardcore" crowd. This gen will for sure be best remembered for celebrating style ahead of substance...

  • Stratix #7 10 months ago

    I'm seeing a pattern here, lots of sequels and not enough fresh new products!

    Masses of sales indicate that consumers don't mind, and they are certainly some good games, but I've been attracted to the indie developers recently for something new and interesting instead.

  • yoomazir #8 10 months ago

    I can't believe Dragon Age 2 went up to 2 mllions, from now on I guess Bioware will continue producing low value games...
    Edited by yoomazir at 26/07/11 @ 23:00

  • Silent-Hal #9 10 months ago

    Oh boo hoo, look at all the sequels. The games industry is obviously creatively bankrupt.

    Oh stop being so bloody elitist. A good game is a good game. Does a '2' on the front make it any less good? No it doesn't. Does it make it less original? Perhaps, but originality doesn't always mean better or even good. You're missing out on so much in the world if you let such narrow minded preconceptions cloud your judgement.

  • Gastrian #10 10 months ago

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  • Hindle #11 10 months ago

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  • pipito #12 10 months ago

    whats this all about 2?
    so next year we'll get Dead Space 3, Dragon Age 3, Mass Effect 3.....
    And they talking about innovation, big pretenders. At least Activision fair and square about their never-ending CoD sequels.

  • BloodSaint #13 10 months ago

    EA should seriously stop with their origin rubbish and get back on good terms with valve. Portal 2 brought in big bucks for EA and how do they repay Valve? By letting all digital distributors sell their game except for Valve?!? I expect when Valve releases their newest half life, it would sell around 9 million and EA will surely make bucketloads, unless Valve teams up with another publisher. EA get ur head screwed on properly and amend ur relationship with Valve please.

  • GooseUK #14 10 months ago

    Lets not forget that EA did take a big jump with Dead Space, and the story and the universe is excellent. As with mass Effect and the others, so its not only benefical to them to make money (thats the point) out of sequels, but most normal people want a continuation of that universe. Some of the negative comments here are like saying "Half Life was a well good game. Please never make another..."

  • kirankara #15 10 months ago

    Crysis 2 was good but flawed . Hope further crytek games crash and burn though , as their support of the mp was pathetic and now they've abandoned all together , leaving console version of game with lag, sound issues on loading screen( goes loud for no reason), host migration failures , and with 360 , the famous grain glitch. Cunts!!!
    Shame as it's a good mp at heart

  • Gastrian #16 10 months ago

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  • CaptainQuint #17 10 months ago

    I concur with kirankara.

    Crytek are c*nts for life after they so cynically abandoned so early on what is genuinely a good game online; beneath the horrible matchmaking and glaring bugs.

    I will remember their treatment - I can promise you now I won't buy another of their games again. Welcome to Rental Land, Crytek.

  • sabbede #18 10 months ago

    WHY??? Why did so many people waste money of Crysis 2? Why did anyone waste money on DA2?
    Portal and BFBC2 were both deserving though. Those were wise customer decisions.

  • anomagnus #19 10 months ago

    @redbarony

    Nice job raising the bar there. You really don't look like a moron at all.

    As for the yapping about new ip, are we forgetting that Crysis, Dead Space and Dragon Age pretty much are new IP? People cry about sequels all the time, but EA are hardly the worst offenders. For that, look to Nintendo. Yet i rarely see anyone crying that mario galaxy isn't a new ip, do i? Why is that? I'll tell you why, its rank hypocrisy. As others have said, if a good game is a good game, why does it matter if it has a 2 on the end, unless all you're looking to do is try and show you're somehow a more refined gamer, because there isn't an new IP.

    New IP comes out all the time, and sinks like a stone. Look at shadows of the damned, bulletstorm, vanquished, enslaved, etc. All new ip, all sinking. Why is that? I'll tell you why, because a lot of people aren't prepared to sink 40-60 bucks into something they don't know, unless its amazing. New IP is a risk. Instead of blaming developers like some spoiled kid, have a look at the market. There are reasons for everything, none of which are right or wrong. This whole, it can only be good if its indie nonsense annoys me greatly. Being indie isn't a fast track to gaming sainthood. The reality is, given half a chance, if these guys hit a multi million dollar level, they'd emmulate the behaviour of EA and Activision in a heartbeat, even if they didnt want to. They'd HAVE to in order to survive.

    Be greatful for the fact we got some great games. I loved dead space 2 and DA2. I really liked crysis 2, but lets not pretend it was anything on Crysis 1.

  • Bradach #20 10 months ago

    Crisis 2 is outstanding (on a meaty PC anyway). My current fav game. Multiplayer is brilliant with suit management akin to power management in xwing vs tie fighter

  • Cjail #21 10 months ago

    Crysis is also successful in disappointing customers.

  • UncleLou #22 10 months ago

    Canvas Curse is both innovative, fun AND packed full of playability...who cares?

    I cared, er, 6 years ago. Wasn't all that great though, tbh.

  • kirankara #23 10 months ago

    @sabedde

    Crysis 2 was fundamentally a great game in sp and mp, thats why they bought it. Unfortunately it was full of bugs and half finished by all accounts. The first third of game feels tacked on and suffers more issues with frame rates than rest of entire game .

  • geeza2020 #24 10 months ago

    "The numbers come from EA's fiscal Q1 earnings report, which saw the publisher log non-GAAP net revenue of $524 million, down slightly from $539 million this time last year. Digital revenue was picked out as a highlight though, increasing 11 per cent to $209 million."

    Raaarrgh!!! Second hand sales are killing the industry!! Piracy is bankrupting developers and publishers!!! The only way to stop EA from crashing and burning is to keep fucking our customers with online passes and day-one, and pre-order DLC. Oh wait, we just made half a billion dollars, I guess we don't need to keep shaving away at consumers rights anymore, right?

    Not. A. Fucking. Chance.

  • StooMonster #25 10 months ago

    15-million sales for FIFA 11 and 9-million sales for Bad Company 2 racks up 24-million sales for the casual market.

    3-million Crysis 2 plus 2-million each for Portal 2, Dead Space 2 and Dragon Age II is only 9-million for the 'gamer' market.

    EA claim pre-orders of Battlefield 3 are ten time BC2, so perhaps they are expecting sales ten time more.

    I wonder which part of the market EA are going to focus on? Also, maybe make 'gamer' games more 'casual' perhaps?

  • kirankara #26 10 months ago

    @stoomonster , what exactly defines bc2 and FIFA as casual market games??? FIFA I could just about understand your argument for, but bc2??? And even FIFA is debateable as gamers been playing football games since Moses decided it was fun to kick a pigs bladder about he was a spurs fan. I've been playing games since the days of atari 2600 etc and play various games, but as a football fanatic, a football game is a must every year.

  • blackbriar101 #27 10 months ago

    Really like Crysis 2 but it was pushed out too soon, for me there are only 2 EA branded games that worked perfectly are Dead space 2 and NFS hot pursuit.